Beijing Beijing

Went to Beijing for several days. The weather was nice, very cooling but dry. Lots of willows, many canals and parks.

The usual tourist spots, the Tien Ann Men

Great Wall, A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Bird Nest Stadium, Beijing's Olympic Stadium

Old Wudong

500 to 1000 year old trees in the Forbidden City

Kunming Lake of the Summer Palace. This 300 hectares lake is a man-made lake constructed during the reign of Qianlong Emperor as a gift to his mother. Without bulldozer and modern day excavator, working with only hoe and spade, it was indeed a great piece of work.

A corner of the oldest Mosque in Beijing (close to 1,000 year old)


Sweet tomatoes and peaches

They eat snake, beetles, centipedes, scorpions, silk-worms, etc,etc etc.

chicken pancakes, Rm1.50 each

I ordered a bowl of wantan, a tray of small meat buns (half dozen) and a big bowl of soy milk for Rm 3.50, really 'Tai Kin Kap Pian'

Our pretty, lovely and jovial tour-guide, 'Apple'

"These are not roses" she said, "you can see roses only in May, these are 'yeah chi' that bloom in Autumn".

"OK lah, believe you lah."

Feel sad to learn that the 'roses' that you have been in love for half a century are actually not roses. Sigh !!!



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